Tiny Ohio town freaked out by Mario prank

mimo2005 · 04-06-2006, 07:59 AM

The residents of a tiny Ohio town called the bomb squad when they started discovering "suspicious packages" littered throughout the town on April 1st. It turns out that the packages were the result of an April Fools prank in which five girls from Ravenna, Ohio (a town of approximately 12,000 residents) placed 17 cardboard replications of the iconic Super Mario Brothers power-up cubes throughout town, according to news stories carried in local papers

http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/02/ti...y-mario-prank/

ebackhus · 04-06-2006, 08:19 AM

Seeing as I know what they are I wouldn't be scared. Non-gamers and the ignorant would crap themselves.

bry623 · 04-06-2006, 10:33 AM

Apparently we don't have plumbers in Ohio. Don't they know what happens when you go down a pipe?

**Fox** · 04-06-2006, 10:47 AM

Pretty funny prank. It doesn't take a lot for people to flip out nowadays... maybe they should chill out for a while. If someone really wanted to blow them all up, they wouldn't have done it with gold-metallic boxes hung on lampposts.

**40sondacurb** · 04-06-2006, 11:41 AM

They should have had the brick ones on both sides.

**JeremyC** · 04-06-2006, 12:07 PM

also have a goomba under teh bricks.

**forcifer** · 04-06-2006, 04:12 PM

that was pretty funny. they should have done more, like to put a jumping Mario under the boxes

**DumberDrummer** · 04-06-2006, 06:49 PM

Then they should have dropped the bricks on passerbys. That would have been funny....

**40sondacurb** · 04-06-2006, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by DumberDrummer

Then they should have dropped the bricks on passerbys. That would have been funny....

Naw naw, they should have dropped mushrooms and stars.

**JeremyC** · 04-06-2006, 10:56 PM

Put tanuki statues all over the town. have certian people wear tanuki suits too.

04-06-2006, 07:59 AM	#1 (permalink)
mimo2005 Manager, Emeritus Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 11,142 OS: xp	Tiny Ohio town freaked out by Mario prank The residents of a tiny Ohio town called the bomb squad when they started discovering "suspicious packages" littered throughout the town on April 1st. It turns out that the packages were the result of an April Fools prank in which five girls from Ravenna, Ohio (a town of approximately 12,000 residents) placed 17 cardboard replications of the iconic Super Mario Brothers power-up cubes throughout town, according to news stories carried in local papers http://www.joystiq.com/2006/04/02/ti...y-mario-prank/ __________________ TSF has outgrown its server, again. Please help "Gutta cavat lapidem, non vi sed saepe cadendo"

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04-06-2006, 10:47 AM	#4 (permalink)
Fox TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: NJ Posts: 7,752 OS: XP Pro, CentOS My System	Pretty funny prank. It doesn't take a lot for people to flip out nowadays... maybe they should chill out for a while. If someone really wanted to blow them all up, they wouldn't have done it with gold-metallic boxes hung on lampposts. __________________ Antec Neo Power 500W, ABIT IP35-E, Intel E2180@2.66Ghz, Corsair XMS2 2x1GB DDR2-800, PNY 8800GT, 320GB Seagate * lazy college student alert *- If I've inadvertently ignored a thread, please Let me know about it Have I helped you solve your problem? Donate to Techsupportforums Klart Skepp!

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40sondacurb Don't be a menace Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 6,285 OS: Vista sp2	They should have had the brick ones on both sides. __________________ Donate to keep the forum running

04-06-2006, 12:07 PM	#6 (permalink)
JeremyC Resident Alchemist Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,148 OS: SuSE 10.0/XP Pro	also have a goomba under teh bricks. __________________

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forcifer ole' Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Kansas City kansas Posts: 3,631 OS: Vista Premium 32 My System Blog Entries: 1	that was pretty funny. they should have done more, like to put a jumping Mario under the boxes __________________

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04-06-2006, 10:56 PM	#10 (permalink)
JeremyC Resident Alchemist Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Virginia Posts: 1,148 OS: SuSE 10.0/XP Pro	Put tanuki statues all over the town. have certian people wear tanuki suits too. __________________